{"id":1601,"date":"2018-05-11T07:47:52","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T12:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2018-05-11T07:47:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T12:47:52","slug":"farage-denies-that-hes-joining-the-dup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1601","title":{"rendered":"Farage Denies That He&#8217;s Joining The DUP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NigelFarageHarp_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NigelFarageHarp_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/NigelFarageHarp_large-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Former UKIP Leader Nigel Farage has attempted to distance himself from rumors he was about to join the DUP.<\/p>\n<p>The English MEP is in Belfast today for a fundraiser with the party, but tweeted to say nothing was changing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Happy to be on my way to Northern Ireland having worked with the DUP in the referendum,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was elected as a UKIP MEP. I lead the EFDD group in Europarl and none of that is going to change!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He will be joined in Belfast by co-founder of Leave.EU, Aaron Banks, who would not comment on the rumors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well that&#8217;s something that you&#8217;ll have to ask Nigel.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re attending a DUP fundraiser, I&#8217;m sure Nigel will have comments at the dinner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think he&#8217;s mainly focused on the Brexit border issues and I&#8217;m sure he&#8217;s going to make his feelings known.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The event is being hosted by DUP MPs Ian Paisley, Sammy Wilson and Paul Girvan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1601\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1601&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1601\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1601&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-1601\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1601&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1601\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UKIP Leader Nigel Farage has attempted to distance himself from rumors he was about to join the DUP. 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